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Q374 Is it possible to nest a button inside a form and have this button execute a different cgi, passing the appropriate name/value pairs?

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Q374 Is it possible to nest a button inside a form and have this button execute a different cgi, passing the appropriate name/value pairs?

Try:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
function mySubmit(myForm) {
    location.href = 'http://www.somewhere.com/someother.cgi?' +
                    'text1=' + escape(myForm.text1.value) +
                    '&' +
                    'text1=' + escape(myForm.text2.value);
}
//--></SCRIPT>

<FORM ACTION="http://www.somewhere.com/some.cgi">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="text1" VALUE="value1">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="text2" VALUE="value2">

<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Submit Extra!" onClick="mySubmit(this.form)">

<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Submit">
</FORM>

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